Yeah, yeah, Starcraft II. I'll see you in line at a midnight sale. What time should we get there? Should we bring our DSs? Collector's Edition, or just the regular one?

In case sci-fi isn't your thing, Commander: Conquest of the Americas is a historical RTS. It's the follow-up to East India Company, presumably based on addressing some shortcomings of that game. Such as not being set in someplace that matters to dumb Americans (being a dumb American myself, I can say this).

Of course, the real event this week is at long last the release of Clash of the Titans (pictured). Now you can finally play the game of the Sam Worthington movie. Clever marketing strategy. Let the movie bomb and then release the game once the stink of failure has cleared a bit.

There's also an RPG for the Wii called Arc Rise Fantasia. Publisher Ignition sent along a cover letter than included the following advice:
**To avoid spoilers in any planned coverage, we respectfully ask that reviews avoid any and all plot points and narrative twists that occur approximately 30 hours into the game.**
I can't tell if they're joking or if it's just wishful thinking that the average reviewer will play the game for 30 hours. But it's a great tease. It's the game reviewer equivalent of "No one will be seated during the shocking final moments of this movie!".



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